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A Veteran's Retraining Character #2
A Veteran's Retraining: Part 2-1
On D:1, I find 3 scrolls that turn out to be fear upon read-id’ing on D:2. I pick up a book of Geomancy there that does not give me any good spells, and read-id scrolls of blinking, teleportation, and identify, the last of which I use to identify a potion of attraction that I picked up in D:1. I have several close calls with adders in that level, but manage to survive. I pick up a dagger of electrocution. D:3 had an ogre upon immediately entering, and I flee from it and enter the level by another staircase. The level had a staff of air which I eagerly equip, and was host to Grinder, which I take as a signal to cast Swiftness and read my only scroll of teleportation. Once the teleportation kicks in, I reenter D:3 through another route and run into Grinder again, and use a scroll of fear to escape again. After reentering the level yet again, I look for a downstairs staircase, and find one after picking up an amulet of regeneration and taking out the ogre from earlier. However, Grinder again blocks my way to the staircase, forcing me to again retreat and reenter the level using an alternate staircase. When I do, I find another downstairs staircase and proceed to D:4.
Once at D:4, I read-id scrolls of vulnerability, summoning, and immolation. I identify my potions of mutation and curing there, and go to D:5. I read-id scrolls of brand weapon, holy word, and amnesia. I find the stairs to the Ecumenical Temple there, but cannot reach it as it is surrounded by a wall and only accessed from an upstairs staircase in the next level. I get a wand of flame and also encounter an altar of Vehumet, and choose him as this character’s god. Then, I identify my potions of heal wounds, and clear the level. I then return to D:3 to take out Grinder, but also run into Jessica the Apprentice Sorceress, who falls to a single Airstrike casting. I then explore the rest of the level and kill Grinder with three well-placed Airstrike castings. I proceed to D:6, where I run into Eustachio. I use four Static Discharges to take him out. I then read-id a scroll of enchant armor and use it on a cloak that I acquired. I also run into Maggie and am forced to use my last scroll of fear to break her mesmerizing hold. I then recover and use Airstrike castings, a potion of heal wounds, and a single Static Discharge casting to take her out. I find the stairs to the Temple, identify a potion of resistance, and end the game with pride.
My questions for this character are thus:
Are any of the weapons I have worth carrying in the event that I run out of MP?
I plan to train Fighting, Dodging, Evocations, and whatever weapon that I plan to use, if any. What other skills should I train right now, or consider training?
Is it worth it to learn either Foxfire or Stone Arrow, or save my spell slots for something else that Vehumet might grant me?
The next goal for this guy is to clear the dungeons up to D:11 and prepare for the Lair of Beasts. My current character’s status is posted below. Let me know of any other tips that I should know at this point.
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.28-a0-984-g3775c66 (webtiles) character file.
wizard44 the Zephyrmancer (Tengu Air Elementalist) Turns: 9290, Time: 02:01:46
Health: 55/55 AC: 8 Str: 8 XL: 9 Next: 43%
Magic: 17/17 EV: 13 Int: 20 God: Vehumet [*.....]
Gold: 300 SH: 0 Dex: 15 Spells: 8/18 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis . j - staff of air
rCold . . . Faith . (no shield)
rNeg . . . Spirit . x - +0 acid dragon scales
rPois . Reflect . (helmet restricted)
rElec + Harm . s - +1 cloak
rCorr + Rampage . (no gloves)
Will ..... (boots unavailable)
Stlth ++........ r - amulet of regeneration
HPRegen 0.98/turn (no ring)
MPRegen 0.15/turn (no ring)
@: flying quickly and evasively, quick
A: beak, talons 3, nimble flight
a: Renounce Religion
You are in the Ecumenical Temple.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is aware of your devotion.
You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 7 of its levels.
You have collected 300 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
c - a +2 broad axe of pain
k - a +0 whip of draining
n - a +2 dagger of electrocution
q - a +2 dagger of venom
v - a +0 vampiric spear
Missiles
h - 5 boomerangs
p - a silver boomerang
w - 28 poisoned darts (quivered)
Armour
s - a +1 cloak (worn)
x - +0 acid dragon scales (worn)
Magical Staves
j - a staff of air (weapon)
Jewellery
r - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
Wands
a - a wand of flame (25)
Scrolls
b - 3 scrolls of immolation
d - a scroll of blinking
u - a scroll of teleportation
y - a scroll of holy word
Potions
e - 4 potions of heal wounds
f - 3 potions of mutation
g - a potion of resistance
i - 4 potions of curing
l - a fuming emerald potion
m - an emerald potion
t - a puce potion
Skills:
+ Level 6.2 Fighting
- Level 2.4 Dodging
- Level 2.0 Stealth
- Level 5.0 Spellcasting
- Level 2.0 Conjurations
* Level 12.4 Air Magic
You have 8 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Damage Failure Level
a - Shock Conj/Air 100% 1d9 1% 1
b - Static Discharge Conj/Air 50% N/A 1% 2
c - Swiftness Air 70% N/A 1% 3
d - Airstrike Air 35% N/A 1% 4
Your spell library contains the following spells:
Spells Type Power Damage Failure Level
Foxfire Conj/Fire 36% 2x1d5 14% 1
Sandblast Erth 10% 2d5 21% 1
Passwall Tmut/Erth 4% N/A 30% 2
Stone Arrow Conj/Erth 18% 3d8 38% 3
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (6/15) Temple (1/1) D:5
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You have a beak for a mouth.
You have claws for feet.
Your magical nature lets you fly swiftly and evasively.
Message History
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
You fly downwards.
There is a stone staircase leading up, spattered with blood here.
There is an open door here.
There is an open door here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You fly upwards.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple here.
You fly downwards. Welcome to the Ecumenical Temple!
Found a sacrificial altar of Ru and a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
There is a staircase back to the Dungeon here.
You are a level 9 Tengu Air Elementalist.
You are 43% of the way to level 10. Play time: 02:00:11 (9212 turns).
Zot will find you in 5999 turns if you stay in this branch and explore no new
floors.
You fly upwards. Welcome back to the Dungeon!
There is a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple here.
You are a level 9 Tengu Air Elementalist.
You are 43% of the way to level 10. Play time: 02:00:13 (9214 turns).
Zot will find you in 25103 turns if you stay in this branch and explore no new
floors.
You fly downwards. Welcome back to the Ecumenical Temple!
There is a staircase back to the Dungeon here.
Found an opulent altar of Gozag and a bloodstained altar of Trog.
Found a broken altar of Ashenzari.
Found a burning altar of Makhleb and a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
Found an ornate altar of the Wu Jian Council.
Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
There is an iron altar of Okawaru here.
Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
Found a hide-covered altar of Uskayaw.
There is a glowing silver altar of Zin here.
There is a hide-covered altar of Uskayaw here.
Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
There is a sacrificial altar of Ru here.
Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
Done exploring.
As you read the scroll of identify, it crumbles to dust.
g - a potion of resistance
Okay, then.
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There are no monsters in sight!
Vanquished Creatures
Maggie (D:6)
Grinder (D:3)
Eustachio (D:6)
A water moccasin (D:6)
A sky beast (D:6)
An orc warrior (D:6)
An ice beast (D:6)
3 ogres
A centaur (D:3)
A phantom (D:5)
A kobold brigand (D:6)
2 scorpions (D:5)
A water moccasin skeleton (D:5)
A howler monkey (D:4)
A bullfrog zombie (D:5)
2 centaur skeletons
2 hounds
A bullfrog skeleton (D:5)
2 orc priests (D:3)
Jessica (D:3)
A scorpion zombie (D:5)
3 iguanas
A howler monkey zombie (D:6)
8 gnolls
5 adders
A shadow imp (D:6)
An ufetubus (D:6)
An adder skeleton (D:5)
2 worms
4 dart slugs
9 orcs
4 bats
10 endoplasms
7 giant cockroaches
11 goblins
8 hobgoblins
6 jackals
11 kobolds
5 quokkas
13 ball pythons
A frilled lizard (D:2)
A quokka skeleton (D:4)
5 rats
A butterfly (D:5)
145 creatures vanquished.
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | wizard44 the Tengu Air Elementalist began the quest for the
| Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 4/4
88 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/6
371 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Static Discharge
618 | D:1 | Found a faded altar of an unknown god.
620 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 20/20 MP: 5/7
624 | D:1 | Learned a level 3 spell: Swiftness
1029 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
1553 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
1837 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 25/25 MP: 6/8
2204 | D:2 | Found a shimmering blue altar of Sif Muna.
2612 | D:3 | Noticed an ogre
2908 | D:3 | Gained mutation: Your magical nature lets you fly swiftly
| and evasively. [Tengu growth]
2908 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 30/30 MP: 5/10
2918 | D:3 | Reached skill level 6 in Air Magic
2923 | D:3 | Learned a level 4 spell: Airstrike
3061 | D:3 | Noticed Grinder
3159 | D:3 | Found a shimmering blue altar of Sif Muna.
3863 | D:3 | Killed an ogre
3864 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 36/36 MP: 9/11
4207 | D:4 | Reached skill level 7 in Air Magic
4508 | D:4 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
4587 | D:4 | Found a hazy altar of Hepliaklqana.
4654 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 41/41 MP: 8/12
5073 | D:4 | Reached skill level 8 in Air Magic
5414 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
5422 | D:5 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
6129 | D:5 | Reached skill level 9 in Air Magic
6387 | D:5 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
6398 | D:5 | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
6539 | D:5 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 48/48 MP: 3/13
6649 | D:5 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
6809 | D:3 | Noticed Jessica
6810 | D:3 | Killed Jessica
6879 | D:3 | Reached skill level 10 in Air Magic
7157 | D:3 | Killed Grinder
7158 | D:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
7314 | D:6 | Noticed Eustachio
7459 | D:6 | Killed Eustachio
7460 | D:6 | Reached skill level 11 in Air Magic
7730 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 55/55 MP: 8/16
8148 | D:6 | Found a shadowy altar of Dithmenos.
8291 | D:6 | Noticed Maggie
8452 | D:6 | Killed Maggie
8453 | D:6 | Reached skill level 12 in Air Magic
8898 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
9031 | D:6 | Reached * piety under Vehumet
9031 | D:6 | Offered knowledge of Foxfire by Vehumet.
9211 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
Illustrated notes
Skill XL: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
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Conjurations | 2 | 2.0
Fighting | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 6.2
Air Magic | 5 6 7 9 11 12 | 12.4
Spellcasting | 3 4 5 | 5.0
Dodging | | 2.4
Stealth | | 2.0
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 || total
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Throw: Boomerang | | 10 | || 10
Dart | | | 2 || 2
Cast: Shock | 62 | 121 | 76 || 259
Static Discharge | 5 | 15 | 23 || 43
Swiftness | | 3 | 3 || 6
Airstrike | | 1 | 41 || 42
Evoke: Wand | | | 6 || 6
Use: Scroll | 4 | 6 | 8 || 18
Potion | | | 1 || 1
Armor: Leather armour | | 3 | 2 || 5
Ring mail | | | 7 || 7
Dodge: Dodged | 1 | 10 | 26 || 37
Table legend: (Time is in decaauts)
A = Elapsed time spent in this place.
B = Non-inter-level travel time spent in this place.
C = Inter-level travel time spent in this place.
D = Time resting spent in this place.
E = Time spent auto-exploring this place.
F = Levels seen in this place.
G = Mean time per level.
A B C D E F G
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-----+--------+
Total | 8980 | 8179 | 801 | 3307 | 3186 | 7 | 1282.9 |
Dungeon | 8910 | 8109 | 801 | 3307 | 3129 | 6 | 1485.0 |
Temple | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 69.0 |
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Top non-repeatable levels by time:
D:6: 1620 daAuts
D:3: 1601 daAuts
D:1: 1439 daAuts
D:5: 1423 daAuts
D:4: 1422 daAuts
D:2: 1403 daAuts
Temple: 69 daAuts